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author: basil_mori
Feels odd to be recommending a YouTube video on Station, but this sketch by Viva La Dirt League hit me right in the same place I'm trying to draw from for my capsule. There's something so universally true about the joke that the entire video works without words, but it's not something I've ever seen truly acknowledged and dramatized in this way.
https://youtu.be/-qHKr5bcJBs - How strangers communicate in games
I'm quickly realizing that the problem with playing the entire game at once is that I've also condensed the amount of stuff to process to flush the experience out of my mind into one giant unit. Since I finished I have found myself unable to think about anything other than chunks of the game I just played, and I suspect I'll be stuck like this for a while.
Being one of those livestreamers who broadcasts for 3-4 hours at a time several times a week must be a right pain sometimes.
I could describe my day in detail, but the only thing truly worth knowing is that I spent five hours (with some interruptions) playing straight through the entirety of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile for the PS1 in a single go. Partially this was because I've been meaning to finish it for years, but mostly I wanted to see if I could. The answer is that yes, I can, but I really shouldn't have. It's an incredible game, a true gem of the PS1 era, but it really wears on you after the first three and a half hours of surprisingly demanding platforming.
Splitgate is crazy fun. Classic Halo-style free-to-play multiplayer shooter with a side of portals ripped straight from Portal itself. Great fun.
I've been a mess lately, but I've put together a new post about a free game I enjoy playing on the regular. 50/50 on my going right back to it after this.
gemini://basil-mori.cities.yesterweb.org/blog/2022-07-07_floating-point.gmi
I meant to write another chunk of content for my capsule the other day, but I've unfortunately taken ill over the last week. For the moment I'll just say that I finally managed to finish The Talos Principle a few days back, and I honestly wish I had gotten to it years ago. If you're in the audience for a by-the-book but fun and well designed puzzler with an interesting half-hidden story and some secrets that require varying levels of cleverness to collect, I highly recommend it.
I've been absorbed in other things for a few weeks, but I convinced myself to sit down and write this post I've been meaning to start my gemlog with. Hope someone finds it interesting.
gemini://basil-mori.cities.yesterweb.org/blog/2022-06-19_why-gemini.gmi